Convert joule to calorie
1 J = 0.2390057361 cal
1 J = 0.239 cal
1 J in every energy unit
| joule | 1 J |
| kilojoule | 0.001 kJ |
| megajoule | 0.000001 MJ |
| calorie | 0.239 cal |
| kilocalorie | 0.000239 kcal |
| watt-hour | 0.000278 Wh |
| kilowatt-hour | 2.78e-07 kWh |
| British thermal unit | 0.000948 BTU |
| foot-pound | 0.738 ft⋅lb |
| electron volt | 6.24e+18 eV |
| kiloelectron volt | 6.24e+15 keV |
| megaelectron volt | 6,240,000,000,000 MeV |
How the conversion works
Multiply by 0.2390057361 to go from joule to calorie, or divide by it to go back. Every conversion on this site routes through the SI value (J) rather than a table of pairwise factors, so a round-trip returns exactly what you started with.
Going the other way? calorie to joule — 1 cal = 4.184 J.
joule to calorie — common values
| 1 J | 0.23900574 cal |
| 2 J | 0.47801147 cal |
| 3 J | 0.71701721 cal |
| 5 J | 1.1950287 cal |
| 10 J | 2.3900574 cal |
| 15 J | 3.585086 cal |
| 20 J | 4.7801147 cal |
| 25 J | 5.9751434 cal |
| 50 J | 11.950287 cal |
| 75 J | 17.92543 cal |
| 100 J | 23.900574 cal |
| 250 J | 59.751434 cal |
| 500 J | 119.50287 cal |
| 1000 J | 239.00574 cal |